Let's cut through the shit. Real estate spent millions trying to stop tenants + Zohran and lost badly.
Of course MAGA + landlords are attacking Cea Weaver. They know what's coming: a rent freeze and a new era of tenant power.
NEW: NYC landlord lobby groups are merging. And they have one goal: raising our rent.
Despite its innocent name, the New York Apartment Association's true agenda is protecting real estate profits at the expense of working families.
Thank you to @galeabrewer for bringing up warehousing of affordable apartments in the Sonny Tran buildings tonight! Landlords are holding housing off the market and should not be rewarded for it!
"Social housing that is permanently affordable, tenant-controlled and promotes social and racial equity is already popular among New York City voters: Eight in 10 likely voters supported it as a means to address the housing crisis in a 2023 poll." https://t.co/s98N8xY8sD
Important story: Homelessness in the USA was the highest ever on record in 2023.
In 2024, homeless shelters and services are seeing an uptick in people WITH JOBS who are living in cars, etc.
Low-wage workers can't afford rent.
In just a few days, tenants will be able to call 311 about all those terrible conditions in neighboring apartments and get inspections!
✅Vermin
✅Mold
✅Cold
✅Trash
Thanks to the tenants who called for this new law and @CMCarlinaRivera & @galeabrewer for pushing it!
Earlier this month, @Gothamist caught Ohebshalom saying the quiet part out loud, using the opportunity for warehousing as a selling point in a recent real estate sale advertisement
We have tenants who are facing rodents from vacant apartments.
Can't wait for @CMCarlinaRivera's bill to go into effect!
The only thing "embarrassing" is landlords leaving their tenants in terrible conditions!
https://t.co/3C5CxuIItS
Harris should pick up where Biden left off. It would be a mistake for the party to moderate on policy, to move away from commitments like this that matter to millions.
The rent is too damn high and Donald Trump is a slumlord. Use that and fight hard for the people.
The research is clear: rent caps are key to securing the White House in November.
Tenants are a large political base who will go to the polls for @KamalaHarris -- if she's ready to support bold solutions to the housing crisis.
NEW: Two years ago, Kingston tenants won a historic 15% rent reduction.
But New York State’s @NYSHCR won’t enforce it. And tenants are leaving their homes as a result. https://t.co/4eTO8YVGQu
…tenants live in rent-stabilized apartments, which housing advocates say are often under-maintained by landlords looking to drive out tenants and “warehouse” units, claiming they can’t afford to make upgrades.https://t.co/UoIKrVgioU
Allowing illegal rent increases in NYC. Refusing to enforce rent stabilization in Kingston.
@GovKathyHochul's @NYSHCR, the state department in charge of rent stabilization, needs to get it together.